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Today we released a special report on Australia’s Last Great Whale Haven – the North West Marine Region. Read more »
Animals introduced as pets, bait or as food sometimes escape or are purposefully released from captivity. Sometimes, those Read more »
Nearly all the world’s remaining wild gorillas and chimpanzees live in Central and West Africa and several key Read more »
Today we heard that the Toronto Zoo is planning on separating Pedro and Buddy, two male African penguins that paired up and Read more »
On Friday, November 4, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and five other major environmental and animal welfare Read more »
If you thought that the illegal ivory trade was something that happened in far away places in Africa and Asia, then the news Read more »
I was out in California recently and was able to pay a quick visit to the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC) down near LA Read more »
I bought my first mobile phone in 2000. It cost $150 for the handset and $15 for a sim card — quite a fortune then! It Read more »
The overall theme of this meeting, as the German Environment Minister just said via videolink, is to “Act Now.” Read more »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
This week during a visit to Cozumel, Mexico, our team discovered a dog in desperate need of help. Covered in used motor oil Watch Video »
Watch the amazing video of Cinderella's release back into the wild, shot on location by IFAW staff working in Russia.
I Watch Video »
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Watch Video »
It is 8 am. The temperature is already near 40°C on this part of the planet, which has now been identified as a high- Watch Video »
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers.
This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Watch Video »
In this brief video above you can hear the IFAW-WTI team member and in this instance also camera person, Bhaskar Choudhury Watch Video »
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum.
If there’s any doubt Watch Video »
Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and Watch Video »
The International Tiger Coalition, comprised of 35 organizations working to
save wild tigers, assembled the world’s largest photo mosaic of a tiger in front
of the World Forum Convention Center today with the message, “End Tiger Trade. Read more »
Interpol’s Ecomessage Award comes with a prize sponsored by IFAW
(International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) valued at
US$30,000. “By recognizing Cameroon and Hong Kong, Province of
China as the 2007 award rec Read more »
Since 1994, Japan and Norway have regularly submitted proposals to CITES seeking
to weaken protection for the great whales. This year, Japan proposed a
full review of the population status of all 13 great whale species by CITES,
while Icelan Read more »
“Southern African countries’ ability to comply with CITES is not what they make
it out to be,” says Jason Bell-Leask, IFAW’s Southern Africa Regional Director
and advocate for good conservation management practices and non-c Read more »
In its survey carried out in February 2007, IFAW found that 94% of elephant
ivory for sale on eBay sites was potentially illegal. The report also found that
eBay policies varied from country to country and were often vague and not
enforced. Read more »
WEMS works by collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating on a global
scale the information it collects on wildlife crime. In contrast to the
Interpol system, which acts as a central database for official information
submitted by nati Read more »
Mjumbe was made in Kenya from confiscated wire snares, and designed by famed
Kenyan metal sculptor, Kioko. IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) commissioned the sculpture as part
of its global elephant protection campai Read more »
The sale of the 60 tonne stockpiles approved in 2002 at the 12th meeting of the
CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP) was contingent upon certain conditions
being met, including the availability of baseline and comparative data from the
Monitoring Read more »
“The people have spoken, and they are clearly saying they do not want the
gruesome slaughter of elephants to continue unnecessarily,” says Cindy Milburn,
IFAW’s US Regional Acting Director. “An estimated 20,000 elephants are Read more »
As domesticated animals, dogs and cats
rely on us for the basic care that is essential for
their health and well-being. At Read more »
Official government of Japan statistics, Japanese press clippings, and public opinion polling in Japan show conclusively that Read more »
The IFAW research vessel Song of the Whale (SOTW) left the Azores at the beginning of May bound for the north-east coast of t Read more »
The illicit trade in wildlife is not only a serious global environmental crime with profoundly negative impacts for endangere Read more »
The EU legislation being challenged by Canada and Norway is Regulation (EC) No. 1007/2009, also known as the “EU s Read more »
The preliminary submissions in this brief are aimed at correcting the misleading and incomplete manner in which Canada has ch Read more »
Teeming with life
In my previous visits to Amboseli Park, I had not experienced as much wildlife as I did recently. The long Read more »
Last January the International Fund for Animal Welfare China office Asia Regional Director Grace Ge Read more »
At the April meeting of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals we discussed the recent spate of elephant Read more »
At the April meeting of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals we discussed the recent spate of elephant Read more »
Today Canadian Senator Mac Harb will formally re-introduce legislation to end the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
Despite Read more »
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In the news
Ivory Worship - Thousands of elephants die each year so that their tusks can be carved into religious objects. Can the slaughter be stopped? See the original article »
Japan, Norway, others vote down South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary - The Los Angeles Times See the original article »
Mysterious Cape Cod dolphin beachings continue - CBSNEWS.com See the original article »
The New York Times: Dozens of Stranded Dolphins on Cape Cod Shores Perplex Rescuers See the original article »
The UAE National: "Falcon smuggler arrested at airport" - IFAW's Elsayed Mohamed is quoted: See the original article »
The Guardian: Activists push for international ban on legal trade in polar bear items See the original article »
Los Angeles Times - "South Korea said to be scrapping whaling plan after outcry" - IFAW's Matt Collis is quoted: See the original article »
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